Provenance registry
Data sources
Every figure on the platform traces to one of these registered sources. Reliability scores are transparent editorial judgements of source authority — shown, never hidden. Community data is always labelled distinctly from official data.
World Bank
World Development Indicators
Keyless JSON/XML API. Primary source for macro, demographic and connectivity indicators.
International Telecommunication Union
ICT Indicators Database
Connectivity ground-truth. Some series mirrored via World Bank WDI.
International Monetary Fund
World Economic Outlook / IFS
UN DESA Population Division
World Population Prospects
Authoritative for population by age (youth/working-age shares).
Valve
Steam Web API / Store
Phase 2. Game availability & metadata. Respect rate limits & ToS.
IGDB / Twitch
Internet Game Database
Phase 2. Requires Twitch OAuth client id/secret.
OurResearch
OpenAlex
Phase 3. Research & talent signal (institutions, output).
Team Liquid
Liquipedia (MediaWiki API)
Phase 3. Community esports data — labelled COMMUNITY, not OFFICIAL.
GameDevMap (community-maintained)
GameDevMap
Long-running global directory of game-development organisations. Harvested via the public query interface (robots.txt permits it); the /cmsdata/ CSV is Disallowed and is not accessed. Entries are COMMUNITY tier — third-party listings not verified against each organisation's own site.
Various
Official studio / game websites
Primary source for studio facts (founded year, location, titles).